We haven't implemented it, but awhile back I saw a demo from Cisco where they were using their access points to track employees within a building. It's been too long to remember details, but I remember talking about you could track equipment, toolboxes, people. I don't think it involved implants. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:14 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: [OT] Guard tracking system On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Gene Giannamore <[email protected]> wrote: > Since our guard force is required to wear badges for building > and floor access, we figured one more badge for the tracking system would be > best (rather than a key or fob). When you say they have to wear badges, do you mean the badges are for an access control system (door locks)? If so, the system may already have such a feature. We just invested in a access control system, and it has a "Guard Tour" feature that purports to do just what you're asking for. I will say this: Before you buy, see if you can get hands on with the PC software which supervises the show, and ideally, the equipment itself. For our system, People Outside The IT Department(TM) bought it and then came to us, and we've discovered the software is total crap. Needs admin rights, has to have some stuff running in the foreground (no service-only), crashes and locks up a lot, slow, overall flaky, poorly documented, ugh. I suspect this is one of those industries which is forever trapped in the 1985 PC mindset. There have also been some issues with the actual door control units not quite working as advertised, and generates spurious alarms. System's been installed for six months and it still doesn't work right. Ugh. Some of all this might be the installer company, though; we also discovered they've never used this system before. Ugh ugh ugh! -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
